I know from experience that DSS dishes have to remain precisely lined up to work. So does moving around inside and getting in & out of an RV shake it enough that a dish mounted on its roof will constantly lose signal? This is just an old class C motorhome. No fancy leveling system.
Given that tourist busses have satellite dishes that work when the bus is traveling, I’m sure putting one on a stationary RV wouldn’t pose any problems. Now that I think about it, I see them on RVs at the beach rather often.
I know Truck Stops carry mobile versions. You simply enter the zip code of where you are currently parked, and it’ll give you the coordinates where to aim.
Moving… well, my best guess is that you aren’t moving far enough to worry about changing directions if you keep facing the right way.
My in-laws have a dish system they use in their RV. What they, and many others, do when they arrive at the camp is to take the dish out and put it on a tripod. It isn’t hard to figure out where and at what angle it needs to be pointed.
Marc
The DISH Network© system I have at home will automatically calculate the settings when given the ZIP code, and the installation manual has a chart for bands of ZIPs.
As for RVs, most dishes I’ve seen come off, and only the mast stays up. The cable is disconnected from the feedhorn, and the dish comes down.
-Brianjedi
I’m not worried about getting a signal. I’ve setup several DSS home systems. But I’m wondering if its worth mounting the dish on the RV roof. It would save space but I have a feeling that an RV would rock too much even while parked that it would lose the signal. In setting up home systems I’ve found it only takes a small movement to lose it. And that a mobile tripod setup, although not as convenient, would be more reliable.